Bush tried, with a flawed proposal, to fix SS, which he should get credit for. I can't remember the last time the Democrats have done anything to make SS viable in the long term. Changes have to be made or else the program, along with Medicare, will inevitably bankrupt this nation.

Just think if everyone got that 6.2% tax to put in to their 401K instead of going to the worlds largest ponzi scheme. SS has its useful aspects, but its just one more way the government thinks they need to take care of their citizens instead of letting them take care of themselves. The government shouldnt be in the business of handing out pensions to everyone over a certain age... they already have enough pensions to worry about with just their employees.

we're not gonna need to worry about this crap when the zombie apocalypse hits in a couple years

"i've been gettin G-ed up since i came out the hospital as a baby. i didn't wear pampers, i wore some slacks and some gators on the way home.""in order for us to grow u gotta know, in order to love the brotherman, u gotta know the otherman. because one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. knick knack paddy wack, give the dog a bone." - Delonte West

jordan kramer wrote:we're not gonna need to worry about this crap when the zombie apocalypse hits in a couple years

just spit out my dr. pepper.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

FUDU wrote:Is the government even legally bound to pay out social security?

ETA: Flemming v Nester, nobody has any contractual rights to social security benefits, IOW the government is not obligated to pay it to anybody? Yet it is law that we must pay into it.

That case said that the payment of SS does not form a contract, and that SS benefits cannot be considered "property". But the government can't just take away the benefits without due process. There are protections there.